Principal Scientist, Predictive Biology and AI

Working with Us
Challenging. Meaningful. Life-changing. Those aren’t words that are usually associated with a job. But working at Bristol Myers Squibb is anything but usual. Here, uniquely interesting work happens every day, in every department. From optimizing a production line to the latest breakthroughs in cell therapy, this is work that transforms the lives of patients, and the careers of those who do it. You’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities uncommon in scale and scope, alongside high-achieving teams rich in diversity. Take your career farther than you thought possible.

Bristol Myers Squibb recognizes the importance of balance and flexibility in our work environment. We offer a wide variety of competitive benefits, services and programs that provide our employees with the resources to pursue their goals, both at work and in their personal lives. Read more: careers.bms.com/working-with-us.

When you join BMS, you are joining a diverse, high-achieving team united by a common mission. 

The Informatics and Predictive Sciences (IPS) mission is to Pioneer, Partner and Predict to drive transformative insights for patient benefit.  IPS conducts applied computational research in areas that include genomic, structural and molecular informatics, computational and systems biology, patient selection and translational biomarker research, and broader fields including knowledge science, epidemiology and machine learning—across the full lifecycle of drug discovery and development and across all therapeutic areas at BMS.   We do this in close partnership with scientific and clinical experts in the field, both inside and outside the company.   We perform innovative science to empower key data-driven decisions across a rich pipeline of next-generation medicines. In doing so, our work transforms the lives of patients, as well as our own lives and careers.

Here, you’ll get the chance to grow and thrive through opportunities that are uncommon in scale and scope. You’ll pursue innovative ideas while advancing professionally alongside some of the brightest minds in biopharma.

Overview

We seek a collaborative, constructive, inter-disciplinary computational scientist to deliver novel hypotheses for patient benefit in BMS Research.  This person will play a key scientific role by integrating molecular data with other key modalities and leveraging innovative computational research strategies and rich patient data to empower data-driven discovery and decisions. Application areas include developing a system-level framework for identifying novel therapeutic targets, integrating causal human biology into cell therapy engineering design, and abstracting and integrating cell perturbation concepts across modalities.

The position would suit a person with excellent communication and collaboration skills who is able to work on large cross functional teams and in an environment with many computational scientists with diverse backgrounds. The role offers the opportunity to impact directly the delivery of truly transformational and life-changing therapies in key diseases of unmet medical need.

Responsibilities

Working in collaboration with computational, biological and clinical scientists across the BMS Research organization, responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Multi-modal analysis of heterogeneous cellular environments using published methods or creating novel methods to understand drivers of phenotypic traits and cellular population composition
• Integration and analysis of diverse data sources including single cell and bulk molecular data, genetic studies, perturbation experiments, etc.
• Collaboration with AI and machine learning scientists to inform architectural design, apply novel methods, and iteratively improve predictions
• Use of AI tools to facilitate and accelerate data analysis and integration
• Ability to work and reach out across diverse teams and departments in a mutually productive fashion with many shared objectives.
• Participation in and oversight of scientific report writing. Presentation of methods, results and conclusions to a publishable standard, primarily for internal audiences.
• Contribution to planning and execution of collaborative projects with outstanding BMS research teams as well as academic groups.
• Pursuit and guidance of pioneering computational biology research towards key scientific objectives.

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree 8+ years of academic / industry experience
• Or Master's Degree